Deepest lakes & reservoirs in by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Cuyuna Lakes, Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
25 ft | Also known as Blackhoof Lake, Mahnomen Lake, Little Mahnomen Lake, Pascoe Lake, June Lake, Portage Lake, Serpent Lake, Sagamore Mine Lake, Huntington Mine Lake, Pennington Mine Lake, Portsmouth Mine Lake, Mahnomen Mine Lakes #1 and #2 and other small lakes Little known but extra special are the many lakes within the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area in central Minnesota. Nature lovers and recreational… |
| Pinchot Lake (Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch Country Region, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
25 ft | Also known as Pinchot Reservoir, Gifford Pinchot State Park, Old Conewago Lake Only 20 miles south of Harrisburg, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 340-acre Pinchot Lake forms a recreational oasis. The reservoir was built in 1959 to… |
| Amston Lake (Connecticut, Mystic Country Region, CT, US New England Region, USA) |
25 ft | Amston Lake is between the towns of Hebron and Lebanon, near the border of Connecticut’s Mystic Country and River Valley tourism regions. Jurisdiction… |
| Van Etten Lake (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
25 ft | Ice huts dot the frozen surface of Van Etten Lake in northeast Michigan. Inside the huts anglers sip thermoses of coffee and pull strings of perch fro… |
| Crane Lake WI (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
25 ft | Crane Lake and neighboring Pickerel Lake are considered the crown jewels of Pickerel, Wisconsin. The 341-acre Crane Lake is connected by a channel to… |
| Lake Wee-Ma-Tuk (Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA, Western Illinois) |
25 ft | Lake Wee-Ma-Tuk, located southwest of Peoria, Illinois, is a shining example of thoughtful land restoration. The 154-acre private lake is part of an u… |
| Birch Lake, MN (Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
25 ft | Located in St. Louis County Minnesota and the Superior National Forest, Birch Lake is an escape from the hustle and bustle of the concrete civilizatio… |
| Lake Madrone, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
25 ft | Also known as Madrone Lake Lake Madrone might be small at just 25 acres, but it is anything but scant on looks. The lake is a phenomenal beauty surrounded by a gated mountain co… |
| Lake Glenn Shoals, IL (Central Illinois, Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
25 ft | Also known as Glenn Shoals Lake Lake Glenn Shoals, also known as Glenn Shoals Lake, is located near Hillsboro, Illinois. The City of Hillsboro built the lake for flood control and wa… |
| Lake Alice, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
25 ft | Once the home of orange groves and week-end fishing cabins, Lake Alice is quickly becoming exclusive property in a growing bedroom community. Located… |
| Governor Bond Lake, IL (Illinois, Southwest Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
25 ft | Also known as Greenville New City Lake Governor Bond Lake is proclaimed to be one of Greenville, Illinois best kept secrets. A water supply reservoir built in the late 1960’s has become a t… |
| Horseshoe Lake, AR (Arkansas, Delta Region, AR, US South Region, USA) |
25 ft | Horseshoe Lake is a 2,362-acre lake located six miles east of the town of Hughes in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Horseshoe Lake was once part of the m… |